Ran Abramitzky

Ran Abramitzky, professor of economics, is the senior associate dean for the social sciences. Abramitzky’s research is in economic history and applied microeconomics, with a focus on immigration and income inequality. He joined the Stanford faculty in 2005 and has served as the vice chair of the economics department since 2014. He is a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research as well as a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and former co-editor of the journal Explorations in Economic History. He has received the economics department’s and the Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching.